Rangerettes select 36 new members for 73rd line

On July 20, the dreams of 36 young women came true.

Each year approximately 80 to 100 Rangerette hopefuls strive for a freshman position on the world-famous collegiate dance/ drill team line.

All Rangerette hopefuls attend pre-training, a four-day learning opportunity leading up to tryouts. Each candidate was required to learn one field high-kick routine, one field jazz routine and several other combinations to perform throughout the week.

The Rangerettes were the first of their kind when they began in 1940 as a vision of the late Gussie Nell Davis.

The new members of the 73rd Rangerette Line are listed by hometown as follows:

• Allen – Breanna Burns
• Austin – Ashlee Cloud, Julie Byron, Lauren Gier and Kelsey Johnson
• Bellville – Abigail Jamar
• College Station – Jenna Helduser
• Hallsville – Heather Prince
• Huntington – Dezirae Burnett
• Flower Mound – Robin Richardson
• Fort Worth – Whitney Costello
• Friendswood – Leisha Kastner
• Garland – Madison Hancock
• Highland Village – Lauren Gula
• Kilgore – K.J. Greene, Tori Boaze, Ally Honeycutt and Jennifer Jones
• Lewisville – Emily Mansfield
• Magnolia – Kaitlin Hanus
• Manvel – Kacie Stanfield
• Marshall – Kelsey West
• Montgomery – McKinley Lindwall and Christine Kleinecke
• Pharr – Lauren Cabrera
• Plano – Julia Goebel
• Port Neches – Marli Kimball
• Richardson – Taylor Mackintosh and Sarah Doman
• Round Rock – Heather Manskey and Stacy Sauceda
• San Antonio – Carrie Matus
• Tyler – Kaytlynn Stalcup, Angie Gonzalez and Thalia Molina
• Waxahachie – Elizabeth Power